The End of Anatomy, and the Absence of Worry
Anatomy final: terminated.
First of all, I'd like to point out one of the beautiful things about med school: because there are so many professors teaching a course, if one of them isn't doing it for you, just focus on the other professors' material. No matter how 'unfair' a professor is, you can usually bank on making the points up elsewhere.
Anyway, Gross Anatomy is now over- we have two weeks of Head and Neck Anatomy, but technically that's a separate course (don't ask me why). I felt like I survived the written test, and pretty much nailed the practical. We'll see how the final grades shake out, but I know I didn't get Honors and I know I didn't fail, which plants me firmly in the "Pass" category. Which I am perfectly fine with.
Speaking of which... it seems to me that I'm the most chill medical student out there. Don't get me wrong- I study. I work. I slept for, like, three and a half hours last night and have pounded three Rockstars and a Monster in the last 36 hours. But... I don't sweat it. I know I don't know everything. I know I'm not going to know everything, and I'm not going to fight over points to try to improve my score. I'm going to do my best, and let the results speak for themselves. As far as I'm concerned, the results are there to tell me what I'm doing right, and what I need to improve on. And since that's taken care of, I can focus on the important stuff.
My patients will never even know if I get a perfect score on my anatomy test, but they will remember forever the way that I make them feel.
First of all, I'd like to point out one of the beautiful things about med school: because there are so many professors teaching a course, if one of them isn't doing it for you, just focus on the other professors' material. No matter how 'unfair' a professor is, you can usually bank on making the points up elsewhere.
Anyway, Gross Anatomy is now over- we have two weeks of Head and Neck Anatomy, but technically that's a separate course (don't ask me why). I felt like I survived the written test, and pretty much nailed the practical. We'll see how the final grades shake out, but I know I didn't get Honors and I know I didn't fail, which plants me firmly in the "Pass" category. Which I am perfectly fine with.
Speaking of which... it seems to me that I'm the most chill medical student out there. Don't get me wrong- I study. I work. I slept for, like, three and a half hours last night and have pounded three Rockstars and a Monster in the last 36 hours. But... I don't sweat it. I know I don't know everything. I know I'm not going to know everything, and I'm not going to fight over points to try to improve my score. I'm going to do my best, and let the results speak for themselves. As far as I'm concerned, the results are there to tell me what I'm doing right, and what I need to improve on. And since that's taken care of, I can focus on the important stuff.
My patients will never even know if I get a perfect score on my anatomy test, but they will remember forever the way that I make them feel.